{"id":2070,"date":"2015-03-23T12:57:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T12:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2022-06-14T13:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:00:25","slug":"block-unwanted-referral-traffic-google-analytics-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/blog\/block-unwanted-referral-traffic-google-analytics-report","title":{"rendered":"How to Block Unwanted Referral Traffic from Google Analytics report &#8211; CG Colors Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been getting emails and messages on social media regarding unwanted and un-relevant traffic from spam sites, and it is spoiling the Google Analytics report of various small business owners and<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/new-york-seo-agency\/\"> SEO<\/a><\/strong> folks such as mentioned by this guy in Google Groups.\r\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3198 size-full\" title=\"Google Groups News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Google-group-report-min.png\" alt=\"Google Groups News\" width=\"848\" height=\"375\" \/>\r\n<\/p><p><b>\r\nSo here we are going to give you some tips and tricks to get rid of unwanted referral traffic.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<h2>Exclude all hits from known bots and spiders \u2013 (Admin &gt; View Settings)<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\nGoogle Analytics provides a facility to filter the bots \u201c<b>bot filtering<\/b>\u201d where you can block no-human referral traffic. It has two steps.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>Go to \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">admin<\/span>\u201d<\/li>\r\n    <li>Click on \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">view settings<\/span>\u201d<\/li>\r\n    <li>Check the box of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bot filtering<\/span> (as shown below)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3199 size-full\" title=\"Google Analytics Bot Filtering\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/site-block-in-google-analytics.png\" alt=\"Google Analytics Bot Filtering\" width=\"722\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/site-block-in-google-analytics.png 722w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/site-block-in-google-analytics-300x256.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Difference between Ghost spam and Referral spam with the best solution<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\nGhost spam is directly hit your Google Analytics (GA) and Referral spam hit your website forgetting fake visits and promotions. Check the image for more detail.<\/p><p>\r\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3904 size-full\" title=\"Google Analytics Spam Types\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-analytics-spam-types.png\" alt=\"Google Analytics Spam Types\" width=\"696\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-analytics-spam-types.png 696w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-analytics-spam-types-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/>\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nYou can stop these spamming referrals to some extent from here. Some sites cannot be stopped by GA Bot Filtering, you will have to try another option as well.<\/p><p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h2>How to block the darodar forum &amp; other spam referrals<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Admin Filter (Admin &gt; Filter &gt; New Filter)<\/strong> \u2013 Here you can\u00a0<strong>block any specific Domain by campaign source.<\/strong>\u00a0it is a very simple technique and has 4 simple \u00a0steps.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>Go to the \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">admin<\/span>\u201d part<\/li>\r\n    <li>Click on \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">filters<\/span>\u201d (see it in the image 2)<\/li>\r\n    <li>Create a \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">new filter<\/span>\u201d<\/li>\r\n    <li>Follow steps according to <em>image 3<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n<b>(Create New Filter &gt; Filter Name &gt; Filter Type &gt; Filter Field &gt; Filter Pattern)<\/b>\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nBe careful while putting URL because the wrong URL will not help block or do any filtering.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h5>Image 2<\/h5>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3203 size-large\" title=\"Google Analytics Filters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Google-Analytics-Admin-filter-1024x534.png\" alt=\"Google Analytics Filters\" width=\"1024\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Google-Analytics-Admin-filter-1024x534.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Google-Analytics-Admin-filter-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Google-Analytics-Admin-filter-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Google-Analytics-Admin-filter.png 1322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h5>Image 3<\/h5>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3902 size-full\" title=\"Campaign Source Filter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/campaign-source-filter-google-analytics.png\" alt=\"Campaign Source Filter\" width=\"629\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/campaign-source-filter-google-analytics.png 629w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/campaign-source-filter-google-analytics-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThis technique is only helpful for spam referrals not for ghost spam. You can also block more than one URL. Use pipe \u201c|\u201d to separate spam URLs (without space).<\/p><p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h2>Block Ghost Spam by Hostname filter (include)<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>If you are getting unhuman traffic from &#8220;events, (net-set) data, organic&#8221; also that means <em>Ghost Spam<\/em><\/li>\r\n    <li>This technique is the best technique, suggested by all analytics experts<\/li>\r\n    <li>Use all valid hostnames and add them to\u00a0the <strong>hostnames filter \u2013 including<\/strong><\/li>\r\n    <li>Check how to find valid hostnames, follow the the given image<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3878 size-full\" title=\"Google Analytics Valid Hostname Check\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/valid-hostname-check.png\" alt=\"Google Analytics Valid Hostname Check\" width=\"558\" height=\"692\" \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h4>list of all valid hostnames<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>www.yourdomain.com<\/li>\r\n    <li>subdomain.yourdomain.com<\/li>\r\n    <li>webcache.googleusercontent.com<\/li>\r\n    <li>translate.googleusercontent.com<\/li>\r\n    <li>www.youtube.com<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3879 size-full\" title=\"Google Analytics Hostname Filter Setup\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hostname-filter-setup.png\" alt=\"Google Analytics Hostname Filter Setup\" width=\"627\" height=\"589\" \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Filter pattern for hostnames<\/strong>\r\n<br \/>\r\n.*yourdomain.com|.*youtube.com|.*googleusercontent.com (no space)\r\n<br \/>\r\nFirst you have to use a hostname filter than use campaign source filter if you still getting traffic from spamming referral sites\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h2>How to Block Any City\/Region\/Country in Google Analytics<\/h2>\r\n<ol>\r\n    <li><strong>Login<\/strong> with a Google Analytics account<\/li>\r\n    <li>Go to in <strong>Admin<\/strong> section<\/li>\r\n    <li>Then click on <strong>Filters<\/strong><\/li>\r\n    <li>And then add a <strong>New filter<\/strong> and follow the given steps in the image<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3838 size-full\" title=\"Google Analytic Filter for Country Region City \" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-analytic-filter-for-country-region-city-m.png\" alt=\"Google Analytic Filter for Country Region City \" width=\"953\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-analytic-filter-for-country-region-city-m.png 953w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-analytic-filter-for-country-region-city-m-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-analytic-filter-for-country-region-city-m-768x708.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>How to block Spam or personal IP Address in Google Analytics<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\nVisits<\/p><p>from the Personal system or the personal office area are worthless so you can block them easily by <strong>Filters<\/strong><\/p><p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h3>Just Follow images and block Spam referral IP or unwanted IP<\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3839 size-full\" title=\"Google Analytics Blocking Ip Address\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ip-setup.png\" alt=\"Google Analytics Blocking Ip Address\" width=\"929\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ip-setup.png 929w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ip-setup-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ip-setup-768x271.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\r\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3840 size-full\" title=\"Personal IP Block in Google Analytics \" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ip-block-in-google-analytics.png\" alt=\"Personal IP Block in Google Analytics \" width=\"729\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ip-block-in-google-analytics.png 729w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ip-block-in-google-analytics-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/>\r\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3841 size-full\" title=\"Exclude Internal Traffic Google Analytics \" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-support-for-ip-block-in-analytics.png\" alt=\"Exclude Internal Traffic Google Analytics \" width=\"747\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-support-for-ip-block-in-analytics.png 747w, https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-support-for-ip-block-in-analytics-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h2>Block spam language in Google Analytics<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\nIf you are getting spam traffic from unknown languages(check examples in the image) then you can block them by using a language filter.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h4>F<strong>ollow the given <\/strong><strong>steps\u2026<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<ol>\r\n    <li><strong>Login<\/strong> with a Google Analytics account<\/li>\r\n    <li>Go to in <strong>admin<\/strong> section<\/li>\r\n    <li>Then click on <strong>Filters &gt; Custom Filter &gt; Exclude &gt; Language Setting<\/strong><\/li>\r\n    <li>Add given text in <strong>filter pattern<\/strong> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\\s[^\\s] *\\s|. {15,} |\\. |, <\/span>\r\nCopy this regular expression code and paste same into your filter pattern. Check the image for details\u2026<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google-analytics-language-spam-block.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"618\" \/>\r\n<\/p><p>\r\n<strong>Bonus<\/strong>: The <em>Filter takes 24 hours to work properly. Click on &#8220;verify filter&#8221; to <\/em><em>save your time<\/em><em>. You <\/em><em>can <\/em><em>take a maximum of 255 <\/em><em>characters <\/em><em>in a filter <\/em><em>pattern and also add more than one ghost spam by <\/em><em>using the pipe <\/em><em>\u201c|\u201d separator.<\/em><\/p><p><em><\/em>\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nWe hope that these tricks will help you to create the correct Google Analytics report with actual traffic coming to your site instead of wrong traffic prediction due to unwanted referrals by different bots.<\/p><p>\r\n<\/p><p>\r\n<b>Cgcolors is a\u00a0<\/b><strong><a title=\"web design New York Firm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/services\/new-york-web-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">web design <\/a><\/strong>and <strong><a title=\"seo services\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cgcolors.com\/new-york-seo-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEO based company <\/a><\/strong>with an office in\u00a0<strong>New York<\/strong>. We are here to help small businesses and share the knowledge with outstanding SEO folks.\r\n<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been getting emails and messages on social media regarding unwanted and un-relevant traffic from spam sites, and it is spoiling the Google Analytics report of various small business owners and SEO folks such as mentioned by this guy in Google Groups. 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